Mike Anderson, well-known throughout the amusement and theme park industry as part of the Interlink team, passed away at the end of August. Anderson began his career in the industry somewhat by default after he was asked to build a monorail for the (...) read more
Merlin Entertainment’s activities on Singapore’s Sentosa Island are going full speed (cp. EAP news from 31 Jan 2014). On 25 October 2014, the new Madame Tussauds Singapore wax figure museum will be opened. Besides Singapore’s most popular (...) read more
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which is particularly known for its annual Academy Awards (“The Oscars”), is composed of more than 6,000 artists and professionals from the film industry. Both Oscar winners as well as Oscar (...) read more
This summer saw the opening of Legoland Florida’s newest expansion, DUPLO®Valley. Children aged two and five can enjoy farm-themed attractions including DUPLO Train, DUPLO Tractor and DUPLO Splash & Play. DUPLO Barn, an air-conditioned indoor play (...) read more
Misfortune and luck hit at the same time at California’s SixFlags Magic Mountain recently: The park’s 36-year-old double tracked wooden roller coaster “Colossus”, which had been closed four weeks ago for extensive renovations, suddenly burst into (...) read more
This summer, the first overnight guests stayed at the new holiday village of Plettenberg, Germany’s AquaMagis resort (cp. EAP 2/2014). The low-energy houses with wood frame construction are professionally marketed by the international provider of (...) read more
Following a two-year- shutdown period for renovation and modernization purposes, the Solymar Therme (formerly: Solymar) thermal spa and bathing complex in Bad Mergentheim, Germany started its trial operation phase at the end of this past August. (...) read more
The two companies Gantner Electronic GmbH and HKS Systeme GmbH from Germany have been working closely together for nine years now. During this time, the two companies have consistently developed their entry and cashier system, which is being used in (...) read more
Anyone who has always dreamed about designing a waterslide according to his or her preferences can currently take part in the designing process of a new slide at Germany’s Europabad Karlsruhe. “Green Viper” is the name of the new slide for the (...) read more
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, operator of the three SeaWorld parks in San Diego (CA), Orlando (FL) and San Antonio (TX), has announced that it plans to build new, first-of-its-kind killer whale environments in all of its three SeaWorld parks. In (...) read more
Saarbrücken, Germany’s Erlebnisbad Calypsobathing facility recently announced that it will build a new unique attraction, which is due to open in December of this year. Guests of the bathing facility operated by vivamar Betriebsgesellschaft (...) read more
Especially in the summer, when temperatures are rising, water-based attractions are very popular with amusement park visitors. Also Familypark Neusiedlersee, located in St. Margarthen in the Burgenland region, is well aware of the attractiveness of (...) read more
Italy’s amusement rides manufacturerZamperla is hosting a maintenance education & training course, which is due to take place from October 13 to October 18, 2014 in Altavilla Vicentina, Italy, near Zamperla’s factory premises. The one-week seminar, (...) read more
This month, Tom Wolber will take up his new position as CEO of Euro Disney S.A.S., the management company of both Euro Disney S.C.A., the holding company, and Euro Disney Associés S.C.A., the operator of Disneyland Paris. He will replace (...) read more
At the beginning of last week, Italy’s Gardaland celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for its new amazing attraction, which is scheduled to be opened next year (cp. EAP news from 8 July 2014). For this, CEO Aldo Maria Vigevani, General Manager (...) read more
Yesterday, Thursday 28 August 2014, the 50 million Euro project, planned and built by the Wund company (cp. EAP, issue 6/2013) in Euskirchen, Germany, celebrated its topping out ceremony. While the groundbreaking ceremony was already held back in (...) read more
After having worked more than five and a half years at Legoland Deutschland Resort Hans Aksel Pedersen symbolically passed on the general key for the park and holiday village built from LEGO bricks to the new CEO of the Legoland Resort in Günzburg, (...) read more
Framed by Schloss Neuschwanstein (1st Place) and UNESCO World Heritage Cologne Cathedral (3rd Place), the Europa-Park located in Rust was recently voted second place of Germany’s most popular travel destinations. More than 11,000 users gave their (...) read more
The monte mare Bäder-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH currently operates swimming pool, spa and wellness complexes at twelve locations in Germany. On July 1, monte mare added the twelfth facility to its portfolio taking over the management of Germany’s (...) read more
The Ferrari World Abu Dhabi recently announced that it plans to expand and add up to seven new rides to its portfolio over the next three years. The construction will begin by the end of this year, Jesse Vargas, GM of Ferrari World, explained in a (...) read more
